diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
index 7b7fc87a6dc..45bb66d5d4b 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
@@ -5466,10 +5466,12 @@ def from_arrow(cls, table):
             out._data._level_names = col_index_names
         if index_col:
             if isinstance(index_col[0], dict):
+                range_meta = index_col[0]
                 idx = cudf.RangeIndex(
-                    index_col[0]["start"],
-                    index_col[0]["stop"],
-                    name=index_col[0]["name"],
+                    start=range_meta["start"],
+                    stop=range_meta["stop"],
+                    step=range_meta["step"],
+                    name=range_meta["name"],
                 )
                 if len(idx) == len(out):
                     # `idx` is generated from arrow `pandas_metadata`
@@ -5550,9 +5552,9 @@ def to_arrow(self, preserve_index=None):
                     {
                         "kind": "range",
                         "name": index.name,
-                        "start": index._start,
-                        "stop": index._stop,
-                        "step": 1,
+                        "start": index.start,
+                        "stop": index.stop,
+                        "step": index.step,
                     }
                 ]
             else:
@@ -5574,7 +5576,6 @@ def to_arrow(self, preserve_index=None):
                     )
 
         out = super(DataFrame, data).to_arrow()
-        # import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
         metadata = pa.pandas_compat.construct_metadata(
             columns_to_convert=[self[col] for col in self._data.names],
             df=self,
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_dataframe.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_dataframe.py
index df0e22c5e43..59e8b41e51a 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_dataframe.py
@@ -2770,7 +2770,15 @@ def test_arrow_pandas_compat(pdf, gdf, preserve_index):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "index", [None, cudf.RangeIndex(3, name="a"), "a", "b", ["a", "b"]]
+    "index",
+    [
+        None,
+        cudf.RangeIndex(3, name="a"),
+        "a",
+        "b",
+        ["a", "b"],
+        cudf.RangeIndex(0, 5, 2, name="a"),
+    ],
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("preserve_index", [True, False, None])
 def test_arrow_round_trip(preserve_index, index):